Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nautical metaphors in English


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The result was   keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator and 1 "transwiki" !vote. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Nautical metaphors in English

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uncited listcruft Fiddle Faddle (talk) 20:24, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
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 * Keep (probably dropping "- in English" which will still be the backbone of article material). The subject is well researched in RS, not tangentially but as the subject of books like Ship of State: The Nautical Metaphors of Thomas Jefferson, with Numerous Examples by Other Writers from Classical Antiquity to the Present. East of Borschov (talk) 03:34, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - obviously needs clean up and a possible rename to list of nautical metaphors, but it's a notable topic. — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  03:38, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep with rename per Ed's suggestion. Seems to have plenty of reliable sources.  Similar to List of political metaphors.   H aus Talk 04:08, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to wiktionary and wikiquote looks like it could be used as an appendix at wiktionary, and something that exists on wikiquote (proverbs exist on wikiquote). 70.29.212.131 (talk) 04:49, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - good start to what are notable additions to the English language. Certainly needs expansion with definitions and better sources, but I can see this being expanded. Sea photo Talk  05:43, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and possibly rename per Ed's suggestion. With the proper sources (maybe the Oxford English Dictionary?) this article has a lot of potential. Loves  Macs  (talk) 05:49, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename as suggested--an encycliopedic topic, with available sources.    DGG ( talk ) 08:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not sure about the importance in US English, but the presence of nautical terms in British English is very much a notable topic - it crops up on TV quiz shows and all sorts of places. I'd like to see this expanded to actually describe the meaning and origin of the terms, with references. (I've watched it, and if it survives this AfD I'll try to improve it). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:09, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and Rename - List of nautical metaphors - meets WP:list --Mike Cline (talk) 18:56, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and possibly rename - List of nautical metaphors - Added wikilinks for two nautical metaphors; this page could bring related articles together with further development. WP:NOTIMELIMIT Djembayz (talk) 13:40, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ed and Rename per Mike Cline. - BalthCat (talk) 10:08, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.